方案英国文学之——十四行诗第十八首Sonnet18.pptVIP

The main idea of the second quatrain: Shakespeare supports his view by citing more examples of the shortcomings of summer and pointing out the fact that everything beautiful may finally lose its beauty and may finally disappear completely from the world. 课件 Lines 9-12 But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st, Paraphrase: If you are written in an eternal poem, you will become part of time, you will always be young or your youthfulness will be everlasting (will never disappear), and you will never lose your beauty, and even Death shall not boast that you are under his control. 课件  Detailed study ● eternal summer: (metaphor) immortal (ever-lasting) youthfulness ● fade: disappear gradually ● possession: ownership ● thou ow’st: you own; you have ● Death: (personification) the destroyer of life ● brag: boast about ● wand’rest in his shade: walk about in his darkness; be under his control ● eternal lines: immortal lines of poetry such as the lines in this poem ● to time thou grow’st: you’ll become a part of time; you’ll grow together with time, just as time that lasts forever. ● “Nor shall Death bray thou wand rest in this shade”: Nor shall Death boast that you roam about in his darkness, i.e. you shall not fall under the threat of Death. Here “Death” is personified. “thou wand’rest”——thou wanderest. ● “When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st”： when in immortal poetry you become even with time”. 课件 The main idea of the third quatrain: Shakespeare makes further attempt to reveal the theme of the poem by pointing out that when his friend is written in poetry, his beauty will be as everlasting as time. 课件 Lines 13-14 So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long live this, and this gives life to thee. Paraphrase: As long as there is man livi